2a: Lord Byron - European Grand Tours, Childhood Trauma, Crappy 18th Century Dads, Bringing a Bear to College, the Elgin Marbles, Mediocre Teenage Poetry, and the Dodging the Coppers Like a Dandy

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Bad Role Models

William Engels and Richard Sinex

12 episodes

1 week ago

A fair but irreverent look at some of our most dubious cultural heroes. Written and performed by Richard Sinex (CIA, FBI, ex-NATO Special Forces, Space Force, and Miramax Studios) and William Engels (History of Philosophy Audio Archive).

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2a: Lord Byron - European Grand Tours, Childhood Trauma, Crappy 18th Century Dads, Bringing a Bear to College, the Elgin Marbles, Mediocre Teenage Poetry, and the Dodging the Coppers Like a Dandy

Bad Role Models

2 hours 5 minutes 24 seconds

3 months ago

2a: Lord Byron - European Grand Tours, Childhood Trauma, Crappy 18th Century Dads, Bringing a Bear to College, the Elgin Marbles, Mediocre Teenage Poetry, and the Dodging the Coppers Like a Dandy

It's not easy being a gay brain-sex icon and a straight brain-sex icon at the same time but ya boi Byron did it. Part 1 of 2.

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Also, I decided Richard and I's biographical series is gonna be called "Bad Role Models" since that seems to be the theme... Also "Behind the Bastards" was already taken.

Citations:

Malcolm McDowell Movie "If...." (1968)

Byron: Life and Legend by Fiona MacCarthy

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by Anna Fedorova and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie led by Yves Abel (Creative Commons)

IMHO the 1958 version with Van Cliburn and Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony is best.